Gene Evans
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1922-07-11
- Died
- 1998-04-01
- Place of birth
- Holbrook, Arizona, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor.
He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants.
Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet in 1950. Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a U.S. Army engineer in the war. Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role. and fighting to keep him despite Robert L. Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role. Fuller walked off the film and would not return until Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's Fixed Bayonets!, Hell and High Water, Shock Corridor and lost thirty pounds to play the lead in Park Row.
Evans portrayed the authoritarian but wise father, Rob McLaughlin, on the 1956-1957 television series My Friend Flicka, based on a Western novel and film of the same name set in Wyoming. He appeared with Anita Louise (1915–1970) as his wife, Nell, Johnny Washbrook (born 1944) as his son, Ken, and fellow character actor Frank Ferguson (1899–1978), as the ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, who addressed Evans as "Captain".
Known For
TV Shows (54)
Perry Mason
1957
as Moose Dalton
Dallas
1978
as Garrison Southworth
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Otto Fry / Nils Highlander
The A-Team
1983
as Darrow
Bonanza
1959
as Andy Fulmer
M*A*S*H
1972
as Clayton Kibbee
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Ed Krutcher
Mannix
1967
The Virginian
1962
as Sheriff Luke Donaldson / Blanchard
Charlie's Angels
1976
as James Webner
Rawhide
1959
as Tom Wilson / Sam Hargis / Royal K. Shaw / Gus Cornelius / Sgt. Pike
Hart to Hart
1979
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Beef Corson
Simon & Simon
1981
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jerrod Toll
Run for Your Life
1965
as Jim Seaborne
Daniel Boone
1964
as Joshua Craig / Stark
Route 66
1960
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Jimmy Kelly
Gunsmoke
1955
as Charlie Hacker / Thomas Evans / Clint Sorils / Billy / Jess Hume / Bodie Tatum / Shaw Anderson / Will Parmalee
The Name of the Game
1968
as Ernest Maxwell
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
as Gus Weinstein
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ned Malley
Vega$
1978
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Lonesome Jackson
Branded
1965
Tarzan
1966
Riverboat
1959
as Sgt. Dan Phillips
Nichols
1971
as Durand
The Great Adventure
1963
as Sgt. Winn
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Boone Hackett
Cimarron Strip
1967
Outlaws
1960
Matt Helm
1975
as Sgt. Fred Hanrahan
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Hank
Wire Service
1956
as (uncredited)
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Jake Burnett
Gunslinger
1961
as Sergeant Croft
Custer
1967
General Electric True
1962
Wichita Town
1959
The Sacketts
1979
as Benson Bigelow
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Here's Boomer
1981
My Friend Flicka
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Joe Devlin
Spencer's Pilots
1976
as Spencer Parish
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as Col. Barton
Wild Times
1980
as Cletus Hatch
Movies (76)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Mr. Horrell
Dallas
1950
as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
as Sheriff Marsh
The War Wagon
1967
as Deputy Hoag
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Tom Danby
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
Walking Tall
1973
as Sheriff Al Thurman
The Bravados
1958
as John Butler
Ace in the Hole
1951
as Deputy Sheriff
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Clete
Thunderbirds
1952
as Sgt. Mike Braggart
Operation Petticoat
1959
as Chief Molumphry
Nevada Smith
1966
as Sam Sand
The Shadow Riders
1982
as Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Butcher
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Whitey Krause
Sugarfoot
1951
as Billings
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Col Wolff
Force of Arms
1951
as Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Fargo Parker
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956
as Sgt. Maddox
Fixed Bayonets!
1951
as Sgt. Rock
Concrete Cowboys
1979
as Lt. Blocker
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
as McCracken
Damn Citizen
1958
as Maj. Al Arthur
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Tom McCord
The Giant Behemoth
1959
as Steve Karnes
Criss Cross
1949
as Donlan (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Sheriff Abner Crowley
Hell and High Water
1954
as Chief Holter
The Golden Blade
1953
as Captain Hadi
Waco
1966
as Jim O'Neill
The Steel Helmet
1951
as Sergeant Zack
Shock Corridor
1963
as Boden
Wyoming Mail
1950
as Shep
It Happens Every Spring
1949
as Batter Mueller (uncredited)
The Intruders
1970
as Cole Younger
Travis McGee
1983
as Meyer
Apache Uprising
1965
as Jess Cooney
The Magic of Lassie
1978
as Sheriff Andrews
Wyoming Renegades
1954
as Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Fred Williker
Revolt in the Big House
1958
as Lou Gannon
Jet Pilot
1957
as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Storm Warning
1951
as Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
Sidekicks
1974
as Sam
Berlin Express
1948
as Train Sergeant (uncredited)
The Hangman
1959
as "Big Murph" Murphy
Sourdough
1981
as Narrator
A Knife for the Ladies
1974
as Hooker
Devil Times Five
1974
as Papa Doc
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as McGregor
The Sad Sack
1957
as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
The Last Day
1975
as Marshal Connelly
Mutiny
1952
as Hook
Fire!
1977
as Dan Harter
California Gold Rush
1981
as Sam Brannon
Donovan's Brain
1953
as Dr. Frank Schratt
The Bounty Man
1972
as Tom Brady
The Long Wait
1954
as Servo
Casino
1980
as Captain K.L. Fitzgerald
Dragnet
1969
as Hugh Brown
Park Row
1952
as Phineas Mitchell
Armored Car Robbery
1950
as William 'Ace' Foster
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Hunter( uncredited)
I Was an American Spy
1951
as Cpl. John Boone
Assigned to Danger
1948
as Joey
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973
as Sheriff McVaney
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
as Gabe
Crashout
1955
as Maynard 'Monk' Collins
The Macahans
1976
as Dutton
Larceny
1948
as Horace (uncredited)
Under Colorado Skies
1947
as Henchman Red
Young and Wild
1958
as Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz
Matt Helm
1975
as Sgt. Hanrahan
About Gene Evans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor. He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants. Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fulle… With 130 credits spanning from 1947 to 2002, Gene Evans has appeared in 76 films and 54 TV shows.
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- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) — as Mr. Horrell
- Dallas (1950) — as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
- Lassie: The New Beginning (1978) — as Sheriff Marsh
- The War Wagon (1967) — as Deputy Hoag
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) — as Tom Danby
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